Clinical Reasoning and Probability—Bayes' Theorem at the Bedside—

The Effect of Bayesian Reasoning Training on the Results of Clinical Reasoning Tests of Interns

Introduction: Clinical reasoning includes a range of thinking about clinical medicine at all stages of patient evaluation. Bayesian theory can be used to refute or confirm differential diagnoses in the clinical reasoning process. In this way, by learning the basic mathematical language of probability in medicine, we can change our beliefs according to new evidence. The aim of this study is to i...

Necessity Approach clinical reasoning in Medical education

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At the Bedside

Idiosyncratic drug reactions are unpredictable reactions that can cause significant morbidity and mortality. The causal mechanisms continue to be unclear and because of the lack of consensus regarding the definition of these syndromes, reports, and therefore epidemiological data, are often unreliable. Severe idiosyncratic drug reactions are often characterized by fever and internal organ involv...

At the Bedside

Physicians who are impaired, engage in unprofessional behavior, or violate laws may be barred from further practice. Likewise, medical students may be dismissed from medical school for many infractions, large and small. The welfare of patients and the general public must be our first priority, but when we assess physicians and students who have erred, we should seek to respond as caringly and f...

Teaching at the bedside.